Resolutions of Democratic Party of Arakans Annual Meeting

26 August 2012 The annual meeting of the central committee of Democratic Party of Arakan (DPA) is held on 15-16 August 2012 in the Headquarter on Arakan-India borders of Burma and elects new leaders and adopts resolutions as follows: 1. The meeting unanimously agrees to uphold the principles and policies framed in 1998. These are: (a) Shall strengthen unity. (b) Shall accomplish self-determination and greater autonomy. (c) Shall institute democratic foundation and respect of human rights. (d) Shall reinstitute justice, liberty, and equality, and shall have right to decide on national affairs and security concern. (e) Shall have right to manage the natural resources in order to fulfill development of the Arakanese people. (f) Shall have right to promote and preserve the Arakanese culture, history, language, religion, and national value. (g) Shall establish a democratic society whereas everyone is entitled to enjoy a peaceful, just, dignified, and complete politico-socio-economic life. (2) Since the death sentences to the two criminals who raped and murdered Miss Theda Htwe in the Arakanese is just and fair, we welcome the verdicts. At the same time, we share full condolences for those who lost their love ones and properties during the June violence. We would also like to apologize for our people we could not prevent the violence and protect from the attacks since our party is outlawed and cannot freely enter into the territory. (3) We perceive that the extent of the long constituted conflicts between the Arakanese and Bengali communities are related with the overdue unaddressed of immigration laws; refusal of 19471982 Immigration and Citizenship Laws apply to the certain population of Bengali; blocking citizenship right for those who have lived in the Arakan State for generations; encamping the single out Bengali community only in the Arakan State but restricted freedom of travel to the mainland of Burma and resettlements; practice divided and rule policy; altering the Arakanese history by some Bengali organizations, and claiming for an indigenous ethnic status and struggling for a separate state of Bengali. (4) We conclude the violence and further violence in the Arakan state are included: whereas the 60 years of corruption of the immigration officers and high ranking authorities involve in issuing the citizenship cards to the recent illegal immigrants from the Bangladesh and smuggling the Bengali into the Arakan; whereas the previous military authorities practiced favoritism over the Bengali for the businesses concession in order to return a handsome amount of under table cash; whereas the Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) gave citizenship cards and temporary citizenship cards to the some illegal Bengali of 800,000 and urged them to vote for the USDP in the 2010 national elections that speak sharp criticism against the party and its

party breaking of the immigration laws; whereas criminal accused of Bengali were kicked out of the investigation and threw out of the courts by the corrupted police and by the corrupted judges; whereas AGN, MSF, UNHCR have neglected the illiterate and cultural undeveloped indigenous intra-ethnic Chin, Dinet, Hindu, Khaman, Mro, and Thet in the state but favored only to the Rohingya while delivering humanitarian aids and development assistances; whereas the Rohingya organizations in overseas incited and instigated the violence by encouraging their people on the ground and hoped an international community intervention might turn in; whereas some local Bengali staffs from AGN, MSF, and UNHCR involved in the false reports sharing with the international organizations and involved in inciting the violence; whereas some Rohingya organizations are affiliated with the terrorist organizations; whereas the government was false to interact promptly when the violent started in May; and whereas the government mismanaged the police and the military forces and lack of the systematic crisis management skills and lack of information sharing eventually altered the violence expansion. (5) We demand the Government of Myanmar to implement 1948-1982 Citizenship Laws and immigration laws; should give citizenships for those who are allegeable; should punish for those who violate the immigration laws and deport the illegal immigrants to the mother country (ies); the government should respect the Bengali-Myanmar citizenship right and basic human rights, including to travel freely and resettle in the mainland Burma; the government should not contain the Bengali-Myanmar citizens only in the Arakan State and restrict their freedom of resettlement in other states and divisions and let them assimilate in the communities thought out the Burma; the government should not create special ethnic status and a separate state for the Bengali-Myanmar citizen. To meet all of these viable solutions, we recommend dialogue and peaceful solutions should be carried out. (6) We condom those organizations such as Al Qaeda, j-M, Taliban that call for Jihad and violence against the Arakanese people and against the government. We denounce those who have been circulating unrelated photos and misinformation that the Arakanese people, the Buddhist monks, and the authorities are carrying out genocide against the Rohingya Muslim. It is totally false statement and misleading. It will not help anything but grow suspicious. (7) We predict that the conflicts and violence in the Arakan State cannot be easily ended up but increasing. Some extremist international Islamic organizations and individuals are actively assisting some Rohingya organizations and individuals after the June violence for certain purpose of violence and religion conflicts. Some sympathizers of Bengali-Rohingya step up and fund and supply the military trainings and the equipments, including weapons, explosion devices, and sophisticated communication equipments. These activities will increase Bengali insurgency on the Bangladesh-Arakan borders and deathly violent attacks. (8) We emphasize that the OIC involvements on the Burmas domestic sectary misunderstanding and immigration issues alter the further religion conflicts and regional and international disputes. The supports of the Rohingya organizations for ethnic status and a separate state creation is increasing among the OIC members that lead complexity and complication which involves with the overall Burmese citizens feeling of the interference on the national sovereignty issue and breaking of non-interference principle. President U Thien Seins welcoming OICs direct delivery of humanitarian aids and the Saudi Arabia donated funds of $50 million by bypassing over the traditional UN agencies raises more questions among the Arakanese leaderships. Lack of fund spending policy and specific guidelines, no one can guarantee some of these funds may not go into the wrong hands and terrorist organizations. If these go slightly wrong, the violence in the Arakan State and in Burma is very possible and imaginable. Thus, we are positioned to carefully ponder the strategy of the OIC and the Government of Myanmar bilateral deal without consulting the Arakanese leaders and other political parties before the decision was made.

(9) Our DPA party urges all Arakanese leaders and organizations to put aside the personal interest, the organization status quo, and the differences but focus on unity, national security, and survival of our value, culture, language, religion, people, and the land at these critical and darken times. We decide we will fully cooperate with any Arakanese leader, organization and individual to build the unity and to protect the nation. With equal sharing and equal voices, we will coordinate with ethnic nationality organizations and international organizations as well as concern individuals who hold democratic principle, justice, and equality to mobilize selfdetermination, greater autonomy, justice, equality, and state security. . (10) We affirm we will do our best to restore normalization of the Arakanese people, the way we enjoy, and free from fear by defending from the treat of certain quarters of Jihad and terror attacks. (11) We welcome cooperation between the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) and the Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP) and actively assisting the internal refugees in the Arakan State. We fully recognize their leadership roles and responsibilities on the Arakanese people who face tremendous hardships and oppression. (12) We observe that nothing has been changing in the Arakan State after President U Thien Sein led quasi civilian government takes the public administration since 2011. The Arakan State remains in the least development state after the Chin State. Healthcare, education, transportation, electricity supplies, elimination of corruptions are not yet improved at all. However, we will do our best for the hundreds of thousands of the Arakanese youths temporarily working in Malaysia and Thailand can be able to return homes. Their homecoming is essential and needs of human resources in order of the development of the state. (13) We scrutinize that the present reform process and democratization initiated by the present government after over four decades of the single socialist party iron grid rule and the military junta mismanagement is just the beginning of the flicker of the procession, and it is a very long way to go. (14) We believe that during these proletarian times of reformation and practicing multiparty democracy system, the nation is thrust to face and remain many hardships and unexpected conflicts, military domination, human right abuses, inequality of ethnic rights, political divergences, power maneuvering, social unrests, religion unrests, insufficient job opportunities, economic inequalities, living standard disproportions, illegal border crossing problems, border demarcation and landscape survey problems within the neighboring nations, crime increasing, international crime and drug cartels establishment, and many more. (15) In the meantime, we welcome the freedom of political prisoners and also urge the government to immediately release the ethnic armed organizations affiliated and related political prisoners. (16) We welcome President U Thein Seins reform process, national reconciliation, peace negotiation with the ethnic nationalities forces, social and economic development initiation, eradication of corruptions, and restoration of good governance even though the nation has to go a long way to achieve these objectives. (17) We welcome suspension of economic sanctions imposed by The United States of America, the Europe, and other western nations. (18) We welcome the assistances of International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.

(19) We welcome the US cooperates and their investments under the State Departments guideline of responsibilities and sound environment preservations. (20) We welcome US Ambassador Derik Mitchell serving in Burma after decades of withdrawal. (21) We welcome the government signed a numbers of ceasefire agreements with the ALP, the CNF, the DKBA, the KNU, the KNPP, the NCSCN, the NDAA, the NMSP, the PNLO, the SSA-RCSS, the SSPP, and the USWA. (22) We welcome Arakan State Chief Minister and State Level Border Development Minister Col. Htin Lin have invited the DPA for peace negotiation since last November and again in April 2012. We assume the negotiation can be resumed soon after peace is fully restored and withdrew the state of emergency laws in the Arakan State. (23) We welcome Daw Aung San Suu Kyi leadership in the Parliamentary committee of rule of law. (24) We welcome formation of United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC). We unanimously decide DPA will apply full membership in the council. We will actively participate in the joint effort for ethnic nationalities unity and speak for one voice on behalf of the entire ethnic people of Burma and for equal rights. (25) We urge the government it should not solve the conflicts in the Arakan State alone but should include Arakanese political parties, parliamentary members, key political figures, civil societies, religious leaders, prominent leaders, legal experts, and ethnic nationalities leaders to make a coordinating body in order to produce a comprehensive long term solution and reconciliation. (26) We urge the Union level peace negation team that met exclusively with the Burman ethnic civil society organizations, exile political parties, prominent exile leaders, and individuals and included them in the process of democratization and development should freely allow the Arakanese state government and the political parties to meet the exile Arakanese leaders, political organizations, civil society organizations, individuals, and the academics in order to include them in the process of state level developments and open greater opportunities for human resources within the State. (27) We advise the Union level peace negotiation committee led by Vice President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham and Minister U Aung Min to formally invite the Arakan Army (AA), the Arakan National Council (ANC), and the United National Party of Arakan (NUPA) for peace negotiations. They should not be left behind. (28) We urge the Union government, the state government, and the Arakanese political parties to provide electricity to every household in the Arakan State from the products of Shwe Gas. (29) We urge the Union of Myanmar Government to immediately stop the wars against the KIO-KIA and declare a nationwide ceasefire.

U Tun Aung Kyaw Chairman Central Executive Committee Democratic Party of Arakan

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The List of Executive and Central Committee Members of DPA

1. U Thein Phay (Patron) 2. U Tun Aung Kyaw (Chairman) 3. Nyi Nyi Lwin (Vice-Chairman) 4. U Myo Aung (General Secretary) 5. U Aung Hin (Asst. Secretary) 6. U Maung Lu Gree (Central Committee) 7. U San Maung Kyaw (Central Committee) 8. U San Maung (Central Committee) 9. U Pru Maung Thein (Central Committee) 10. U Than Naing (Central Committee) 11. U Maung Hla Krin (Central Committee) 12. U Maung Pru (Central Committee) 13. U Hla Tun Sein (Central Committee) 14. U Tun Thar Zan (Central Committee) 15. U Soe Thein Maung (Central Committee) 16. U Aung Ray Kyaw (Central Committee) 17. Major Sit Aung (Reserve Committee Member) 18. Major Kyaw Shwe Sein (Reserve Committee Member) 19. Capt. Aung Mrat (Reserve Committee Member) 20. Capt. Kyaw San (Reserve Committee Member) 21. Capt. Myo Chit (Reserve Committee Member)